What are CTFs?

CTFs are competitions in which participants tackle a variety of computer-security puzzles designed to represent real-world hacking scenarios. Challenges fall into a variety of categories:

• Web: discover and exploit vulnerabilities in websites using techniques such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting
• Network traffic: analyse recorded packet traffic to extract hidden data
• Forensics: examine unknown files and systems to identify and extract concealed information
• Cryptography: solve cryptographic puzzles and fix broken cryptosystems
• Binary: drill down into the inner workings of software to discover and exploit vulnerabilities in it
• Miscellaneous: tackle a variety of security brainteasers and puzzles

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